I have the idea, that there are differences between the countries in the handling of banknotes during the day to day money transactions.
In some (warm) countries like Portugal, most people just put the money into the pocket, in cold countries, like Holland, most people use a wallet.
This poll is to find out, if I am right!
Clean and New Banknotes - Dirty and Greasy Banknotes
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I don't think that it is a question of north and south. Somewhere else in the forum, there was mentioned that Irishmen don't use wallets.
I got relatively many fresh notes from Italy.
Another point is: Will the national banks in the countries withdraw notes sooner (little polluted) or later (really dirty)?
Cleanliness of money has different priorities in the individual countries. Also the appearence of the coins is different. I did not find any glossy coins in Greece. The Greeks seem to take less care for the surface of freshly minted coins.
There is also a thread in the forum about the habit of writing things on notes. This seems to be widely spread in Italy.
Here in Germany many people consider money as property of the legal authorities and treat it carefully. Speaking for myself, I feel kind of personally offended when I am given an extremely dirty, damaged or wrinkled note.
I got relatively many fresh notes from Italy.
Another point is: Will the national banks in the countries withdraw notes sooner (little polluted) or later (really dirty)?
Cleanliness of money has different priorities in the individual countries. Also the appearence of the coins is different. I did not find any glossy coins in Greece. The Greeks seem to take less care for the surface of freshly minted coins.
There is also a thread in the forum about the habit of writing things on notes. This seems to be widely spread in Italy.
Here in Germany many people consider money as property of the legal authorities and treat it carefully. Speaking for myself, I feel kind of personally offended when I am given an extremely dirty, damaged or wrinkled note.
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Most foreign banknotes I've seen are always heavy used. The most dirty damaged notes I've seen in Ireland. The most new looking ones in Finland.
Many of the Belgian ones are very used too.
But if you go to Africa or Venezuela, most banknotes are very used. But mostly, they don't use our Euro.
But if someone is very curious about this, I want to check the quality of Euro banknotes in French Guyana or Guadeloupe if you can pay the airplane ticket
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Many of the Belgian ones are very used too.
But if you go to Africa or Venezuela, most banknotes are very used. But mostly, they don't use our Euro.
But if someone is very curious about this, I want to check the quality of Euro banknotes in French Guyana or Guadeloupe if you can pay the airplane ticket
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probably in Finland where people use gloves for months, the notes are cleaner.. but I don't know if we can generalize like that...
I think the main reason notes are so dirty in Africa is simply because they are really old, they can't substitute notes very often... that's expensive, and African notes are generaly made in Europe.. so they import their own notes.. they can't do it many times, and probably in Africa, more then in other place, people take good care of their notes, because they have so few money...
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I think the main reason notes are so dirty in Africa is simply because they are really old, they can't substitute notes very often... that's expensive, and African notes are generaly made in Europe.. so they import their own notes.. they can't do it many times, and probably in Africa, more then in other place, people take good care of their notes, because they have so few money...
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Here, in Quebec, people also wear gloves. We have had our first snow storm last night. 15cm of snow in front of my door...BossaNova wrote:probably in Finland where people use gloves for months, the notes are cleaner..
But have you ever tried to pay with gloves?
Quite hard to choose a coin in the bottom of your wallet!People just take them off.
Olivier
That's so true. Taking gloves on and off can get irritating when moving and shopping in the winter.Olivier wrote:But have you ever tried to pay with gloves? Quite hard to choose a coin in the bottom of your wallet!
I think the real reason for the condition of Finnish notes is the respect the people show towards them
True!Antti wrote:That's so true. Taking gloves on and off can get irritating when moving and shopping in the winter.Olivier wrote:But have you ever tried to pay with gloves? Quite hard to choose a coin in the bottom of your wallet!
I think the real reason for the condition of Finnish notes is the respect the people show towards them
Does it snow in Finland? We have already had a snow storm, here, in Quebec. There is at least 15 cm of snow in front of my appartment.
Olivier
Today it's still warm and it's raining so the ground is covered by mixture of water and wet snow (we call that loska). At least that's for the southern Finland. But the forecast says there will be a snowstorm tonight, so maybe we'll have snow tommorow , or much more loska 
btw, petri is it just an accident that the 6 after your name looks pretty much like G? (For those who don't know, Petri G refers to Petri Gerdt, who exploded himself and six other people in a shopping centre in Finland this fall)
, or much more loska btw, petri is it just an accident that the 6 after your name looks pretty much like G? (For those who don't know, Petri G refers to Petri Gerdt, who exploded himself and six other people in a shopping centre in Finland this fall)
I thought the same thing when I saw his first post. And in addition to that, I read his location "Myyrmäki" but it says "Mynämäki"Antti wrote:btw, petri is it just an accident that the 6 after your name looks pretty much like G? (For those who don't know, Petri G refers to Petri Gerdt, who exploded himself and six other people in a shopping centre in Finland this fall)
For those who don't know about this, here's some links:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2322275.stm
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/10 ... index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/10 ... index.html
Wow you guys have a fast imagination. The 6 is just a six, It comes from my other username (The name Petri wasn't available, and the system said that closest available was Petri6).
And the Mynämäki has nothing to do with Myyrmäki. Mynämäki is an village (about 6000 people) near Turku and that's where I live. It should be in almost all maps of Finland , if you wanna check.
And the Mynämäki has nothing to do with Myyrmäki. Mynämäki is an village (about 6000 people) near Turku and that's where I live. It should be in almost all maps of Finland , if you wanna check.
If notes are cleaner in Finland, it could be because we actually do not use so much cash here - least in Europe in relation to gross national product, in fact. Many prefer credit/debit cards and other kinds of "electronic payment". And because of those cards, people have wallets, where also notes stay unfolded and unwrinkled.
It doesn't take a lot imagination to thinkk that way, you registered to this forum quite soon after the explosion. When I saw the text: newest user to register is Petri6 I immediately connected it with Petri Gerdt, but I didn't ask you about it unti until now. But I never noticed that the name Mynämäki is close to Myyrmäki, probably because Mynämäki is quite close to me.Petri6 wrote:Wow you guys have a fast imagination. The 6 is just a six, It comes from my other username (The name Petri wasn't available, and the system said that closest available was Petri6).